QuoteTed Cruz has stunned his Twitter followers after he 'liked' a hardcore porn video.

The Texas senator appeared to 'like' the x-rated clip late on Monday, but it was redacted around 40 minutes later.

It is not known who had was using the account at the time and liked the video. His aides would have likely had access to his profile.

Cruz has not yet responded to reports of the social media activity, but he was trending withing minutes.

QuoteIf Cruz did like the video himself, it wouldn't be the first time he watched porn. In 2015 he watched hardcore pornography with Supreme Court justices when the court was considering regulating online porn.

He told the Washington Post: 'We were in front of a large computer screen gazing at explicit, hardcore pornography.

I'd really like to see a picture of Ted Cruz and Ruth Bader Ginsburg watching hard core porn together.